Three million cubic feet of dirt moved to enlarge Encino Reservoir
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated December 9, 1960 partially reads, "A cavernous hole in the foothills above Encino is being enlarged and its walls fortified to provide the San Fernando Valley with a massive water reserve. Before the job is finished in January of 1962, more than three million cubic feet of dirt will have been shifted within the embankments of the Encino Reservoir to furnish storage acreage for 10,000-acre-feet of reserve water. The reservoir, located in the steep foothills at the south end of Encino avenue, is being enlarged on a $3.5 million contract let by the Los Angeles City Department of Water and Power." Pictured is the old 200' reservoir intake tower to be dynamited.; See image #00129028 for additional photo in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Water-supply--California--San Fernando Valley Reservoirs--California--San Fernando Valley Foothills--California--San Fernando Valley Towers--California--San Fernando Valley Mountains--California, Southern Lost architecture--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Encino Reservoir (Calif.) Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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